Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

e-Commerce Docket Sheet Image

e-Commerce Docket Sheet

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent cases in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.

Commercial v. Non-Commercial Speech Image

Commercial v. Non-Commercial Speech

Barry M. Benjamin

With the explosion of media, communications, and advertising channels and techniques, including e-commerce conduits and businesses, and the resources they offer employees and users, it is evermore difficult to figure out the difference between 'commercial' and 'non-commercial' speech. But finding the answer is extremely important, because it usually determines whether one is liable for consumer fraud and false advertising, and for right-of-publicity claims.

Features

Mandatory e-Discovery Image

Mandatory e-Discovery

Ann G. Fort

e-commerce was born in the digital age, so lawyers handling e-commerce litigation are old hands at mining their clients' computerized documents ' e-mails, online purchase orders, call-center records and the like ' to resolve these disputes. The e-commerce lawyer may know more about the bits and bytes of the underlying communications and data-storage technology, but that will not necessarily preserve, identify and produce all the relevant ESI.

Inside Blogging Image

Inside Blogging

Catherine Aman

Although blogging has gone mainstream in some professions, there's one group of people mostly absent from the blogosphere: the in-house bar.

Features

When Death Is More Than a Blue Screen Image

When Death Is More Than a Blue Screen

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

Consider all the critical information that would vanish if a key employee of your business died suddenly, and others had to locate that information.

Features

Advising e-Commerce Business Startups: Beyond the Crib Sheet Image

Advising e-Commerce Business Startups: Beyond the Crib Sheet

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The legal risks associated with operating an online business are largely hidden to many people who are lured by the dream of making their fortunes with the apparent ease of opening a virtual storefront.

Protecting Your Company from Consumer Protection Claims Image

Protecting Your Company from Consumer Protection Claims

Jonathan M. Cohen & Kami E. Quinn

Companies in virtually every sector of the economy have become targets of allegations that their business practices or products have injured consumers. These cases often arise as class actions, frequently exposing target companies to the risk of significant defense costs, liability, or a product recall. In the face of the ever-increasing risk of consumer protection claims, most companies have put into place risk management strategies that principally rely on a variety of insurance policies. All too often, though, when a company needs its insurance most, it finds that it does not get the protection that it expects. Instead, insurers frequently make every effort to evade payment under their policies.

Features

In the Courts Image

In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Verdicts of interest to you and your practice.

Business Crimes Hotline Image

Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Rulings from around the country.

Benchmarking Your Whistleblower Hotline Image

Benchmarking Your Whistleblower Hotline

Toby J.F. Bishop & Deborah J. Temkin

ABC Company was overconfident about the effectiveness of its hotline, which was producing only about 25% of the industry average call volume. XYZ Inc.'s hotline had a similar issue, generating only 15%. In both instances, using a breakthrough benchmarking study, we identified the low usage and recommended potential remediation steps.

Need Help?

  1. Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
  2. Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.

MOST POPULAR STORIES

  • Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
    This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
    Read More ›
  • The Article 8 Opt In
    The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
    Read More ›
  • The Anti-Assignment Override Provisions
    UCC Sections 9406(d) and 9408(a) are one of the most powerful, yet least understood, sections of the Uniform Commercial Code. On their face, they appear to override anti-assignment provisions in agreements that would limit the grant of a security interest. But do these sections really work?
    Read More ›
  • The Stranger to the Deed Rule
    In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.
    Read More ›